“….All of the components in the operating system are found in the WinSxS folder – in fact we call this location the component store. Each component has a unique name that includes the version, language, and processor architecture that it was built for.

The WinSxS folder is the only location that the component is found on the system, all other instances of the files that you see on the system are “projected” by hard linking from the component store ……”

Dan juga ini :

“……The only way to safely reduce the size of the WinSxS folder is…….can be done by uninstallingsuperseded versions of packages that are on your system …….”